Example sentences of "around for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | " The " roos will come from miles around for a green field " , said a spokesman for the Australian Wheat Board . |
| 32 | Shop around for a recommended one , or ask the training or personnel department for advice . |
| 33 | Searching around for a related but cooperative proposition that B might be intending to convey , we arrive at the opposite , or negation , of what B has stated namely that Britain does n't rule the seas , and thus by way of Relevance to the prior utterance , the suggestion that there is nothing that Britain could do . |
| 34 | ‘ When we were looking around for a royal to open the centre , we were promised as soon as someone was available for a royal visit , we would get one , ’ said Peter Carberry , chairman of Darlington Mind . |
| 35 | This year the charity to benefit will be the Newborn Appeal , although the organising Speke 10k Committee are still looking around for a main sponsor for the event . |
| 36 | Casting around for a safe topic , she remembered that she had not introduced herself . |
| 37 | ‘ I am now told that he 's hawking her story around for a six-figure sum , ’ he writes in the 100,000-circulation journal , which is read mainly by journalists , stock-brokers and media personalities . |
| 38 | I once followed a pupil around for a whole day , and was impressed by the peculiar mixture she experienced of dislocated bits and pieces , and longer sessions where there were ‘ spaces ’ for her to enjoy and explore learning or — occasionally — to waste time in . |
| 39 | He 'll be busy , and I 'll have to walk around for a whole hour on my own . |
| 40 | ‘ We ca n't afford to have people lingering around for a recuperative holiday … |
| 41 | ‘ But I do n't think any of my companies are going to collapse simply because I 'm not around for a short time . |
| 42 | Yesterday , in Tokyo , she indicated that she may be around for a little while longer than expected . |
| 43 | The news when Rain reached the office was that Tavett was again being questioned by the police ; there were insistent rumours of a row between Maureen and Barron ; the freedom of speech people were muttering obscenities because their latest attempt at a cartoon had been rejected ; and the Patriotic Ten were casting around for a fresh mind to help them get their statement into publishable form . |
| 44 | He felt much the same sensation now as he searched around for a fresh foothold . |